Template:Monthly clean-up category/doc
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Usage
The simplest usage is just {{Monthly clean-up category}} In this case a default message page for that group of categories will need to exist. See Template:Monthly clean-up category/Messages for a list of existing message pages and to understand the naming convention.
Also the category will need to follow the naming convention "Blah blah from May 2025". (See #Limitations for more information.)
If a red-linked counter category is shown, simply populate it with {{Counter category}}.
Parameter toc
- toc = focus - gives a focus letter
- toc = toc - give a category style table of contents
- toc = none -
- hidden = n - The category will not be hidden.
Examples
Focus
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This category combines all silly articles from 00 /doc (/doc-00) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be deleted
So that articles don't remain in this category too long, a suggestion is made to work on articles beginning with a certain letter. The letter is changed daily.
The current focus is on articles beginning with: J. </syntaxhighlight>
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all silly articles from May 2025 (2025-05) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be deleted
So that articles don't remain in this category too long, a suggestion is made to work on articles beginning with a certain letter. The letter is changed daily.
The current focus is on articles beginning with: J.
Toc
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![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all silly articles from 00 /doc (/doc-00) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be made sensible
</syntaxhighlight>
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all silly articles from May 2025 (2025-05) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be made sensible
No TOC
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Expression error: Unexpected / operator.
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all silly articles from 00 /doc (/doc-00) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be rewritten
</syntaxhighlight>
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
|
This category combines all silly articles from May 2025 (2025-05) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be rewritten
Another example
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Expression error: Unexpected / operator.
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all silly articles from 00 /doc (/doc-00) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be revised
</syntaxhighlight>
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all silly articles from May 2025 (2025-05) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:test stubs.
silly articles should be revised
Nearly empty copy
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0% completed (estimate)
![]() | This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages, or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
This is a tracking category. It builds and maintains a list of pages primarily for the sake of the list itself. They are not part of the encyclopedia's categorization scheme.
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This category combines all from 00 /doc (/doc-00) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of [[:Category:]].
Here are the message pages.
Some may be {{Null}}
Note that Type messages will be used if they exist, whereas Main messages will be used if there is no message parameter. This is because it is always possible to create a default type message, and it is never possible to create a default (non-null) main message.
Type messages have the parameters month name , year and cat available to them.
Main messages have month name and year.
Messages are called from Template:Monthly clean-up category/core
Type messages
Main messages
</syntaxhighlight>
Limitations
If the category name does not follow the convention "Blah blah from May 2025", the template will need to have "year" "month name" and "monthno" supplied.
Example
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> ...
| monthno = 05 | month name = May | year = 2025
... </syntaxhighlight>
See also